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Jarred G.
Trauth

Position
Partner
Office
New Orleans

Jarred Trauth is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.


Jarred represents and advises a broad range of clients, from large multinational corporations to private, closely held businesses, across a variety of industries. His practice focuses on transactional matters, including acquisitions and divestitures of privately held companies and assets, the drafting and negotiation of sophisticated commercial contracts (with a particular emphasis on construction related agreements), commercial finance, real estate transactions, and the formation of new business ventures.

Jarred’s real estate work primarily involves industrial development projects, including new plant development. He also has extensive experience negotiating construction related contracts with architects, engineers, contractors, construction managers, and manufacturers of major components/equipment.

Noteworthy

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," Business/Corporate (2014)

Experience

  • Represented owners, including various banks and a hospital system, in preparing form construction and architect agreements, including AIA supplementary conditions
  • Represented a hospital system in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts for a seven story expansion of a hospital
  • Represented developers in the drafting and negotiation of design and construction contracts for the development and renovation of hotels
  • Represented numerous contractors of at various tiers in negotiating agreements with owners, upper-tier contractors, and subcontractors
  • Represented water purification manufacturer with numerous contract negotiations on its equipment sales to owners and contractors for the incorporation of the equipment in to plants and facilities
  • Represented companies in local, national, and international acquisitions and divestitures, including sales of divisions of chemical companies and acquisitions of manufacturing plants
  • Represented companies in shared site services in connection with acquisitions and divestitures resulting in shared commercial and industrial sites
  • Represented a professional sports team and represent numerous other companies as borrowers in the negotiations and closing of financings, including senior secured creditor transactions and subordinated creditor transactions
  • Represented developers in connection with financing various projects, including the development and renovation of hotels

Publications

  • "The Increasing Trend of Caps in Construction Contracts and Negotiating Them," ConsensusDocs, October 7, 2023

Memberships

  • Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
D: 504.582.8158
F: 504.589.8158
Emailjtrauth@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
    JD, 2000
    Top 10 Percent
  • Louisiana State University
    BS, Finance, 1996

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana

Related Practices

  • Commercial Transactions
  • Construction
  • Contract Negotiation & Drafting
  • Corporate
  • Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
  • Finance
  • Government Contracting and Bid Protests
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Estate
  • Suretyship

Related Industries

  • Construction Industry
  • Industrial, Petrochemical & Advanced Manufacturing
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